What City Officials Need to Know About Cybersecurity

Government Technology: It’s Friday morning, and city staff can’t log in to their computer network. The Fire and Police Departments are now relying solely on radio communications, rather than their mobile data systems, to receive incident information. City staff is communicating via text with the few phone numbers they have in their personal smartphones, because the telephone and email systems are down. It’s a payday, and most employees rely on direct deposit to receive their paychecks, but no one received their electronic paycheck on Thursday night.

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